polysyllabically

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

polysyllabic +‎ -ally

Adverb[edit]

polysyllabically (comparative more polysyllabically, superlative most polysyllabically)

  1. In a polysyllabic way.
    • 2008 June 20, David Brooks, “The Two Obamas”, in New York Times[1]:
      He speaks so calmly and polysyllabically that people fail to appreciate the Machiavellian ambition inside.